“A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire“ A Book Talk by Robert Rollinger

Video recording of a book talk titled “A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire“ by Prof. Robert Rollinger (University of Innsbruck) in conversation with Prof. Christoph Schafer (University of Trier) and Prof. Touraj Daryaee (UC Irvine), which was held in person on Friday, February 25, 2022, 5:00 - 6:30 PM PST in UC Irvine’s Humanities Gateway (HG) 1002. A comprehensive review of the political, cultural, social, economic, and religious history of the Achaemenid Empirem. Often called the first world empire, the Achaemenid Empire is rooted in older Near Eastern traditions. A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire offers a perspective in which the history of the empire is embedded in the preceding and subsequent epochs. In this way, the traditions that shaped the Achaemenid Empire become as visible as the powerful impact it had on further historical development. But the work does not only break new ground in this respect but also in the fact that, in addition to written testimonies o